In the market for a Christmas cactus? Before you buy, learn to distinguish one holiday cactus from another.
only blooms in the spring. Complicating this understanding of holiday cacti bloom schedules is the fact that sometimes Thanksgiving and Christmas cacti will bloom a second time in the spring!The best method for identifying which holiday cactus you own is to examine the shape of its leaves, which are not true leaves but modified stems called phylloclades and cladophylls. These flattened, pad-like stems are segmented, almost like the links of a chain.
Blossoms on each type of holiday cacti are also different. Thanksgiving cactus flowers are asymmetrical and hang down from stems that arch downward, although the flowers present more horizontally. The flowers on Christmas cactus are more symmetrical in shape and present more vertically. Easter cactus flowers are flatter star-shaped and tend to point upward.
Similar to poinsettias, holiday cacti are short-day plants, which means that they require cool overnight temperatures between 60 and 65 degrees Fahrenheit and 12 hours of complete darkness each day for several weeks before they will bloom. The plants can be pruned after they bloom to make them fuller. Holiday cacti seem to do best when they are somewhat root-bound, so don’t be too quick to repot holiday cacti into larger pots.
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